Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell 1975

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Roger Whittaker - The Last Farewell 1975
There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbour
Tomorrow for old England she sails
Far away from your land of endless sunshine
To my land full of rainy skies and gales
And I shall be aboard that ship tomorrow
Though my heart is full of tears at this farewell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
I've heard there's a wicked war a-blazing
And the taste of war I know so very well
Even now I see the foreign flag a-raising
Their guns on fire as we sail into hell
I have no fear of death, it brings no sorrow
But how bitter will be this last farewell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
Though death and darkness gather all about me
My ship be torn apart upon the seas
I shall smell again the fragrance of these islands
And the heaving waves that brought me once to thee
And should I return home safe again to England
I shall watch the English mist roll through the dale
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell
For you are beautiful, and I have loved you dearly
More dearly than the spoken word can tell

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@KJ-kg8kc 2 года назад

As you get older you really start to appreciate the music of previous eras

@gorillaz308 2 года назад

100% and realise how pants new music is.

@clemenswessel2718 Год назад

True

@pauldashwood2897 Год назад

This is so true ..

@annamariemostert2759 Год назад

Definately

@moniquegrabowski529 Год назад

I agree

@matthewstorer8236 Год назад

My God, how this song hits home. Reminds me of my father who passed from cancer last September. He loved Roger Whittaker. I was raised listening to this man's voice. At Christmas time especially.

@johanj34 Год назад

Deep sympathy 🙏

@PatrickRyan150 Год назад

Beautiful song & voice. Gets me every time I hear it too.

@siporablack Год назад

💙

@pharrimisstiggywink39 Год назад

This was my father’s favourite song, we played at his funeral and I can’t heard it now without breaking down.

@ericasimonson8737 Год назад

Same - my mom had one great day out of many, many horrible ones the day before she died of cancer. She "danced" on her hospital bed a bit to RW. My condolences💙

@robertacurrell8786 Год назад

Have loved this song and Roger Whittaker from the first time I heard it, both are and always will be beautiful. RIP Sir, your music will live on.

@soniaellis163 7 месяцев назад

One of the first cds we bought was the 'best of roger Whittaker' and it sounded brilliant.I walked right past him on the sea front at southport back in the eighties, we will never forget you roger. You were a great whisttler and singer.😊

@alanlloyd1397 8 лет назад

As a kid, this was very "uncool" but as you get older/ more mature you realise just how good this is. I love this now and many more besides .

@jarrodjames 5 лет назад

yes! i know! as a kid it's muzak and you hear it in stores etc. But now you start singing it out of nowhere. i had to find it and it's such a classic!

@9386265 5 лет назад

You're right. As a kid, you're an idiot. You know nothing of music. You're only interesting in staring at some chick's butt, like these bozos are doing. And the chicks are doing the same thing.

@MichiganPeatMoss 5 лет назад

just look at the embarrassed looking kids in the foreground. :)

@KRAM-zb2vc 5 лет назад

Absolutely!, he’s a class act 👍🏻

@davidcarney1949 5 лет назад

Its very spiritual. God bless him

@petefromoz7053 4 месяца назад

When my mother passed away I said to my younger brother this song has to be played at her funeral, I always weep when when I hear this song. She loved Roger Whittaker

@Nina.92 Месяц назад

💐RIP

@MCG525 Год назад

One of my favorite songs. Now we say our Last Farewell to Roger Whittaker. RIP and thank you for the beautiful music.

@gwhite7136 Год назад

This was my mother's favorite singer and this song was her favorite. We painted the house in Summer of 1978 when I was six, and this song was on record player high fidelity repeat for 3 days straight.

@adrianbrowne7874 Год назад

Modest and charming! These qualities combined with his unique style of singing, means that Roger Whittaker will be "forever etched in the memories of many"!! May he RIP!!

@anneglogowski6187 11 месяцев назад

Just watching Roger Whittaker sing The Last Farewell. I love it more and more! 💞

@ordriver11 9 лет назад

I chose this beautiful song as the final tribute to my dear wife, Dianne, departed 19 November 2015. RIP

@johnjohnson4628 9 лет назад

+Bruce Livett Excuse me Bruce, but today is November 20, 2015 where I am, yet you posted your comment ONE WEEK ago? Sincere condolences.

@ekkybo 8 лет назад

+Bruce Livett bruce im sorry lovely song life goes on and it hurts

@foxvienna1 8 лет назад

+Bruce Livett Find sweet peace Bruce!

@skababooshka 8 лет назад

+Bruce Livett you chose a beautiful song, i would hope your beloved Dianne would agree,

@karengebhard1759 8 лет назад

+Bruce Livett God Bless you. Perfect and most beautiful song and words for your lovely wife. May she rest in peace...

@ericbest468 Год назад

This sound is so beautifully and moving, I am left here in tears. Took me way back into the past.

@mustolourien5823 11 месяцев назад

Couldn't more proud that you are associated with Kenya. Travel well Roger, you'll be remembered. Kenya loves you.

@jp-mc2bp 11 месяцев назад

The world misses his voice

@jp-mc2bp 11 месяцев назад

His last farewell. RIP

@stevebrazilio 11 месяцев назад

As a music lover I've always asked myself what my favourite tune ever is... depends on what mood I'm in. Today it's The Last Farewell, makes me cry. This will always be in my top ten. Nostalgia - first heard this circa 1975 in a cafe with my parents as a small boy, in Devon, UK. Loved it then and love it now. RW's voice was superb!

@effiemooney8477 Год назад

Awh TY, I have loved his music since I was a child and now I am 66 and still loving it, memories and peace, God bless you!!

@MeagainIA2011 8 месяцев назад

@deborahwortham4051 6 месяцев назад

Back in the 70s this song was starting when my clock radio came on . I awoke to a flash of a dream of tropical paradise sunrise/sunset in full color and that warm fuzzy feeling of love smiling. My husband asked what you so happy about as I trotted to the kitchen to make coffee. I love this song as that flashback happens every time I hear this song. Ahhh the warm fuzzies …

@terencerollins7917 2 года назад

I first heard this song as a schoolboy at aged nine, and it moved me even then. Having had an ex-pat career, over nine countries and 30-odd years,, and always longing to return to England, I still find it moving to this day. It's truly beautiful song, wonderfully delivered by Roger. The lyrics still stir me and the melody and the message remains uplifting to this day. Thanks Roger!

@Rogerwhittaker100 Год назад

Thanks for completing and love ❤️

@louisepoole6044 Год назад

🌠🌹🙏 R.I.P. Roger Whittaker.....We Love You!🎼🎶🎶😥..Farewell with Fair Winds and Following Seas...

@graho2314 Год назад

Meine ganz persönliche Erinnerung an das Konzert in Graz im Sommer 1975. Mein Lieblings-Song damals wie heute. Hab' Dank für die schönen Stunden, die uns mit dieser Musik geschenkt wurden! In memoriam Roger Whittaker ⛵🙋🏻‍♀️🕊 † 13.09.2023

@suuzq35 3 года назад

My dad used to sing this to me when I was young, He passed in 2004, I wish I would have remembered this song to play at his funeral it would have been very fitting as both my parents were from England, wow....makes me cry now hearing it .

@abcheatvac Год назад

God bless you. My mother that had adopted me played this often. Twas the best of times.

@PatrickRyan150 Год назад

Suuzq35 so sorry for your loss! This is a beautiful song, that out of nowhere popped onto my head even though I couldn't remember the whole song or artist. I hummed the part I remembered to my older sister & she knew right away. So glad I found it!

@fichamberlain988 Год назад

My mum played it over and over when her mother passed. In tears now listening to it again

@senecaturnpikeconsultants113 7 месяцев назад

Loved this song in the 70’s ; love it today

@Archiesmamma Год назад

RIP, we grew up listening to your music. You were one of my father's favourites 🙏🙏🙏

@paulcoulthard8654 11 лет назад

Effortless singing by a true master. You can even hear him inhaling before he sings the next line. Wonderful voice, relaxed delivery, lovely song. Don't think he ever got full recognition. Thanks Roger, and many thanks to the Poster.

@misterteaification 3 года назад

If you can hear him inhaling, then let's face it, it isn't "effortless singing".

@dingodave9160 2 года назад

His is a perfect voice for a more perfect time!

@IM-tl7qv Год назад

@@misterteaification You can't sing without breathing no matter how effortless looool, you're just misinterpreting what the comment meant, he means the times you can hear the breathing just shows the technique, the voice and his control of it is effortless and as the comment said, he is absolutely a true master and a vastly, vastly short-changed one in music history.

@misterteaification Год назад

"You can't sing without breathing no matter how effortless" No, you don't say! "you're just misinterpreting what the comment meant, he means the times you can hear the breathing just shows the technique" Real "technique" would hide the effort being made - it often used to be called 'the art that conceals art'.

@grayaj23 Год назад

Hearing him inhaling is an artifact of how the song was mixed/mastered. It was probably tracked with some very strong compression, which raises the volume of the soft parts and reduces the volume of the hard parts. It makes a great recording, and makes the singer's voice sound intimate and interesting. While this isn't the version that got played on the radio, it's still likely that this was not a live performance, or at least the track was remixed after-the-fact. I bet it didn't sound like that live. It's a great recording of a great song, though.

@lyndajane2 2 года назад

Beautiful voice. So relaxing and soothing.

@Valho1966 2 года назад

Brings back memories of my childhood in Jamaica. This song was my absolute favorite 💕

@janicetotten6388 Год назад

RIP Mr. Whittaker. In our family (now into the 4th generation), it is not Christmas without your music. We have been blessed to know your beautiful voice.

@graxxor 9 месяцев назад

My dad used to play your albums constantly back in the 70s and your sound was a formative part of my education. RIP sir. may your music never be forgotten.

@rosepowel4662 Год назад

Each time I listen to this it breaks my heart and brings tears to my eyes.😭😭😭😭😭😭😭💓💓💓💓💓💓💓💔💔💔💔💔💔💔💔🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰💯💯💯💯❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍💪💪💪💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

@Rogerwhittaker100 Год назад

Thanks for completing and love ❤️

@hhkoln3631 Год назад

My last farewell to Roger Whittaker: Rest in Peace!!! And thank you for your Music! Your music is timeless......I will miss your brave, warm Sound.....Thank you !!! You were a great Musician! I will never forgett you! THANK YOU ROGER WHITTAKER!!! Thank you for your Life!!

@elainesawdye9337 3 месяца назад

Beautiful song, fabulous voice. All class.❤

@davidhopkins1786 6 лет назад

There will never be another one like Roger Whittaker.

@TheRicresch 2 года назад

You make it sound like he's dead! Lol

@Cucumberdrx 2 года назад

I concur, my friend!

@Cucumberdrx 2 года назад

@@TheRicresch Not dead.....just legendary!

@GhostRider-re7iv 2 года назад

You are Absolutely correct! Our Modern society…consumed with all the BS and all jumping on the covid train…a man like this does not come from this era!

@stevepayton659 2 года назад

I have loved this song and him since 1975. Just found it again tonight. I have always loved England, can't explain why but now I think I know.

@stewartgellatly8073 Год назад

The sad passing of Roger Whittaker leaves a huge void in the great but forgotten music of yesteryear of which he was a big part. He and his songs are unforgettable.

@Pakadeva 7 лет назад

Just beautiful, I never get tired of his voice!

@67lionsoflisbon37 5 месяцев назад

Great singer songwriter. Such a great voice. Just class.

@howardportway2981 4 года назад

I actually bought this as a teenager on a single and here I am still enjoying it aged 62 and working as a nurse. Who would have thought? LOL! Great song, great voice!

@sarahgilbert8036 Год назад

I had this on an LP. I'm 64 now

@carrier7399 Год назад

I'm 72, and still enjoy his music on my LP's.

@ibfine-og1uy 11 месяцев назад

How I miss songs of substance, true love songs.

@kelwheat Год назад

R I P Roger - Have enjoyed this song and your voice for many years !

@shereekendall1003 2 года назад

Oh so beautiful...I loved this song when I was a child💖

@Rogerwhittaker100 Год назад

Thanks for completing and love ❤️

@bacchus1234567 9 месяцев назад

This was my father's favorite, he died in 1981, now over 40 years later, Dad it's my favorite too! I Love you Dad!

@lozaus1 12 лет назад

one of my favourite songs! Very moving !!

@sylviasimpson3280 3 года назад

Never thought I would live to be in this Evil wordl World and listen to to this, I should be happy but ahh.🇬🇧

@bastoneluigi8054 3 года назад

Also one my favorites, it used to make me cry as a kid.

@johnaslife4fun 3 года назад

@@sylviasimpson3280 totally agree world not as we wish

@neftaliurraca797 2 года назад

@@sylviasimpson3280 loop o

@franklingreen1024 2 года назад

Beautiful, original ballad. You visualize the story.,for it is beautiful, more beautiful than the written word can tell

@erikschimmel6223 Год назад

Make me think off my childhood at Home with my parents. Sitting around the fireplace Reading brooks, some conversation at night in the weekends and listening to this kind of songs. My parents are not around anymore. My father past away last februari and now RW also went to the other side

@MrDamoavfc 10 лет назад

i searched for this song for so long ,,,,man oh man am i glad i found it

@dolour 10 лет назад

yeeea boy

@John-ro1iv 4 года назад

How long did you search? It's instantly available on the world wide net thing. ...

@RedSquirrelsReturn Год назад

RIP Roger, thank you for the beauty you bought with your songs xx

@immanuelgoddyn6056 Год назад

The start of new songs: Yow Yow uhuh, the start of this song: 'There's a ship lies rigged and ready in the harbor. Tomorrow for Old England she sails'. Poetry

@loi134 Месяц назад

Poetry! I’m being chased by walt whitman ^^

@rogerlangnes2381 Год назад

I remember this song from i was very little,, bring back memories 😢 RIP

@pierreangelopimping2037 6 месяцев назад

too bad the present generation cant appreciate this kind of talent

@johnvalencia9927 4 месяца назад

It's pretty rare. I found this cassette at a good will in 2017 when I was 31. I'm 38 now and still blast the Whitaker cassette in my truck. Last Farewell, New world in the morning, and I don't believe in if Anymore. Yeah, not many young kids know shit about this guy.

@mikejohnston3504 3 месяца назад

Oh but they do.its the current record makers preventing it.

@johnbeattie3610 Месяц назад

I don’t think that past generation in the audience enjoyed it that much, or even knew what to make of him? Great voice though

@davidchamberlain5425 6 дней назад

The world has lost its patience 🤔.and without it most younger people are so limited and lost more than ever 🙏🙏🙏..

@ronald-5522 Год назад

I have had this coming back from 4 years living in a warm country to English weather and what a shock . Nice to be home .

@sb4295 2 года назад

No one today or ever for that matter comes close to this big strong wonderful voice. Brings me to tears when I fondly remember my father playing his songs.

@marcellasmall2856 3 года назад

I just love this song, so beautiful. And the singer so handsome. ❤❤👏

@blackforest270 12 лет назад

What a beautiful song,sung beautifully!

@michellenorthway2958 17 дней назад

This reminds me of my parents when we traveled. My Dad would always sing this to my Mom.

@perrymason151175 10 лет назад

"I have loved you dearly, more dearly than the spoken word can tell.." - Now tell me. Which artist from our generation can come up with this type of lyrical content?? Old school is the best school

@jamespasifull 6 лет назад

perry mason the lyrics were written by a RW fan, then RW added the tune. It became one of his most popular songs. I don't know if the lyricist ever wrote another song?!?!

@raygreen9662 5 лет назад

@@jamespasifull The words were written by Ron Webster, a silversmith by trade, who lived at Solihull in the English Midlands. I believe this was his only song that made it into the recording studio. The words are wonderful, as is Roger Whittaker's performance.

@jamespasifull 5 лет назад

I can remember watching RW's show on TV, where he first performed this classic, in the mid 70's.

@henryhorner3182 4 года назад

Modern music is merely NOISE!

@junehughes8808 4 года назад

This is a beautiful song We sing this a lot So emotional

@1646Southgate 10 месяцев назад

Simply exquisite!

@donaldsunny7836 Год назад

❤My first memory of any song was of this song. Me and my Sister aged 3 and 4 years old grew up in an orphanage in London in the early 1970s and the ladies who worked there used to sing it to the kids when it was on the radio. R.I.P. Thank You

@cynthiabkeller670 10 месяцев назад

Beautiful recollection ❤

@jimdevon9550 5 месяцев назад

How lovely you were treated well

@Me-hh6pf 3 месяца назад

3:11 3:11

@Me-hh6pf 3 месяца назад

Bless you two ❤

@terminatina8065 Год назад

Rest in Peace, Roger. Thank You for the song.🙏🏻📿🕯️🕊️

@JudithHembrow 3 года назад

My mum loved this song. We will play it at her funeral next week. 😥❤

@philipdonald7092 3 года назад

Hello 👋 beautiful

@derrickwatson7725 3 года назад

Good morning, How was your night.. Hope everything is going fine in your world 😎

@robin.p.landwier Год назад

A great singer past away, I treasure his music

@ajquinn 10 лет назад

lovely song sung by a gentleman.

@SWAluv Год назад

RIP Roger. You were well and still are loved!

@AECEntertainment 3 года назад

How he could sing these words without crying i don't know

@chriswr7 3 года назад

one of my mother's favourites. unfortunately lost to covid in february this year. keep listening, memories drift back ro your brain. can be quite pleasant but a bit tearful. i have my mother's cremation service on youtube, ive been watching a few times. just for the music and memories?

@winsadventures650 3 года назад

@@chriswr7 so sorry for your loss. Hope God will comfort you and give you strength to go on living

@Telssa1 2 года назад

This song makes me feel nostalgia for this country. I have never left it, but it is leaving me.

@PatrickRyan150 Год назад

What a beautiful song & great artist. It chokes me up every time as my dad fought on WWII & he had a great deal of love & respect for the English people. 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 FOREVER

@mercian7 Год назад

Your Dad was a good man. My English Father loved the Yanks.

@PatrickRyan150 Год назад

@@mercian7 Thank you!

@mercian7 Год назад

@@PatrickRyan150 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 FOREVER

@sherie.6468 Год назад

I've loved your voice since I was 9 years old. Do RIP, kind sir, and thank you for sharing your beautiful voice with the rest of us.

@anneoconnell1421 2 года назад

I am having this played at my husbands funeral who I miss terrible but this lovely song by Roger helps.

@Rogerwhittaker100 Год назад

Thanks for completing and love ❤️

@kevinreed9481 2 года назад

I listened to this album on my Playskool record player when I was a kid. I was drawn to it for reasons I didn't know at the time, but I believe it was another reflection of how connected I was to my grandpa. Miss the man. Great song. Nice to hear again as it came to mind today. Cheers.

@dimashevchenkoua 2 года назад

What a beautiful voice and song.

@asboukcomfortable1670 2 года назад

Uk rap terror here. BUT I love this classic banger. One of the first songs I heard back in the day! Brilliant. J London E8. UK 🇬🇧

@themartinblairproject 6 лет назад

One of my all time favorite melodies to this day. Sadly it doesn't look like these young folk in the audience appreciate the lyrics to this sad yet beautiful song.

@klaas1961 Год назад

thank you for the music rest in peace sir 💐

@AdvanTuil 10 лет назад

What a voice ! I just love him !

@nanaprn7809 3 года назад

How beautiful a memory when music was so special!!!!!

@revwpitt2347 Год назад

RIP Roger.....one of the most beautiful voices ever in music.

@robsavage5765 5 лет назад

GREAT SONG BEAUTIFUL

@richardwilton722 Год назад

What a romantic song! RIP Roger and condolences to your family.

@joanseptember7302 6 лет назад

I discovered this song by accident... but was mesmerized after the first couple of lyrics and chords and the most beautiful baritone. IT IS ACHINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND I LOVED IT IMMEDIATELY 😚

@christiandonaldson31 3 года назад

Hello Joan

@bigab0507 Год назад

He had a wonderful voice, one of a kind.

@manfredlankes9148 Год назад

A last farewell to this wonderful singer.

@alfie01100 5 лет назад

I just love this fellow countrymans' singing, his style is so unique.

@sheepdogman1 2 года назад

Talent beyond words

@moishe43 12 лет назад

Beautiful song. A natural person singing a song with no fakeness or unintelligence.

@erikaadamson3467 3 года назад

I was fortunate enough to grow up listen ing t8 tracks . I Love My "prudish Parents "

@cassiedonaldson2748 3 года назад

how very right you are; no pretentiousness

@reverendstu 8 месяцев назад

That's a great vocal performance.

@briane5706 2 года назад

A multi-talented composer and musician. A brilliant whistler and a velvet voice. This song has lyrics sent in by a lyricist and music written by Whittaker.

@upinflames_01 2 года назад

Pretty song! Love the lyrics. Elvis Presley did a great cover of this. Roger's voice was impeccable.

@gecko4310 4 года назад

Love this song. I was about 12 years old or younger when this song was popular on the radio. It’s true what they say about formative years. I’m in 50s now and still love this song.

@karinannpeterson4914 2 года назад

Oh, He sings so Beautiful and it's so touching.

@tiffanyweatherlybonino1714 3 месяца назад

My daddy would sing this to me. As his cancer got worse the lyrics became more prominent in my mind. I held his hand and told him to come back and get me when it’s my turn. He shook his head yes. I played this song at his funeral. Still tugs at my heartstrings when I listen to it. 😢

@Desertphile 11 месяцев назад

I love this song.

@RudolphFurtado 9 лет назад

As a seafarer this song is eternal to me and my shipping memories.

@antedeluvian1301 2 года назад

Got to see him sing this song, wonderful song and wonderful man...

@Scott_B1029 8 лет назад

What a beautiful song, a great story, sung to perfection.

@paulgriffiths6060 11 месяцев назад

These type of songs denote departure of some kind its always sad when you have to say goodbye 👋 ciao adios, cheerio, bye bye, ×××××

@robvance4414 Год назад

Good bye Roger. 😢 RIP ❤

@bosse641 Год назад

RIP Mr Whittaker. You were one of my favorites even from my childhood, one of the best.

@mkl62 12 лет назад

This hit by Roger Whittaker was the 254th #1 song on what is now Billboard's Adult Contemporary charts. It hit #19 on the Top 40 charts, #2 in the United Kingdom, and #19 in Germany.

@geraldmarfoe348 Год назад

It was often played on radio 95.1 FM in Trinidad and Tobago from 1975 to 1977.

@jonfletcher147 Год назад

How very apt now at this time. RIP Roger

@anndownsouth5070 3 года назад

I have always been a fan of Roger Whittaker. The first LP I bought for myself with my own money was of him.

@christiandonaldson31 3 года назад

Hello Ann

@chrisorchin7955 3 года назад

Join the clan, I love his style and clarity. There is even a story to be told.

@janetdavies9612 2 года назад

Always loved this emotional song 🎶🎤🎸🥰❤️💞🌈

@PauletteGrant 12 лет назад

When I listen to him sing I am transported .He touches my soul like no other has ever done before . His voice is breathtaking in its simplicity and every word has meaning . He is getting old and I fear the day when I hear of his passing .It will be like losing an old friend .Stay healthy Roger .We need you in this world.

@christiandonaldson31 3 года назад

Hello Paulette

@derrickwatson7725 3 года назад

Good morning, How was your night.. Hope everything is going fine in your world 😎

@DavidTransformer Год назад

RIP Roger. Thanks for the memories

@SchismLou 9 лет назад

My dad’s funeral tribute was played to this song and other of his music and it makes me cry.

@SchismLou 9 лет назад

***** Thanks. I find as I get older I can listen to music that isn’t written by Bach or Led Zep. Saw your page and noticed you are as disturbed by religious lunatics as I am as an Anglican.